Do iphone open ics files

[olu]

Please can anyone help, i have created ics files in my application that gets emailed to users to add events to there calendars but having problems with iphones, not been able to open the attachment. It is showing as an attachement but not clickable. Anybody know what the issue is?

[bshields]

They are not supported (yet).

refer: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1653278?start=0&tstart=0

[bshields]

Well this is embarrassing... someone just emailed me a meeting appointment (.ICS) which appeared as an attachment on my iPhone... which i could tap on, it opened it and gave me the option of adding it to my calendar... (iPhone 4S on iOS6). Just charging my iPhone 3GS which i think is still on iOS5) to try it on that!

[bshields]

Worked on my 3GS (on iOS5) also. Hmmm...  I thought it might be the way the mine-attachment was added. So i cut out just the ICS file from the original request and sent it as a plain attachment and it also worked on both phones.

So i can only conclude that perhaps the ICS file might make the difference (The one i was looking at was generated by Exchange Server 2010).

[olu]

Please is it possible for you to send me a copy of the ics file has the one I have created just wouldn't
Work on iphone

[bshields]

content of ICS

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
METHOD:REQUEST
PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:AUS Eastern Standard Time
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:16010101T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:16010101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=10
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER;CN=Neal Anderson:MAILTO:neal.anderson@sydney.edu.au
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Karen Paxt
 on:MAILTO:karen.paxton@sydney.edu.au
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=bshields@i
 nhabit.com.au:MAILTO:bshields@inhabit.com.au
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Simon Chan
 g:MAILTO:simon.chang@sydney.edu.au
ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=ROOM;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=*G12 - ICT Meeting
 Room 4:MAILTO:g12mr4@mcs.usyd.edu.au
DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en-US:Extra time if required\n\n
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-US:Archer meeting 2
DTSTART;TZID=AUS Eastern Standard Time:20121026T110000
DTEND;TZID=AUS Eastern Standard Time:20121026T120000
UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E0080000000020BD8ECA19AECD01000000000000000
 0100000004B2C3494981911499963930745B386D3
CLASS:PUBLIC
PRIORITY:5
DTSTAMP:20121019T055005Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SEQUENCE:0
LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en-US:*G12 - ICT Meeting Room 4
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-APPT-SEQUENCE:0
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:-1236031524
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:TENTATIVE
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0
X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:FALSE
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:REMINDER
TRIGGER;RELATED=START:-PT15M
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR


ICS file also attached (but extension renamed to .TXT so it could be uploaded

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